Developers break ground for Albany Sonic Drive-In

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1:21 pm EDT, Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Construction site for the new Mount Hope Commons on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in Albany, N.Y. All tenants are expected to open by late summer 2020, with Sonic opening this August. (Catherine Rafferty/Times Union) less

Construction site for the new Mount Hope Commons on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in Albany, N.Y. All tenants are expected to open by late summer 2020, with Sonic opening this August. (Catherine Rafferty/Times ... more

Construction site for the new Mount Hope Commons on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in Albany, N.Y. All tenants are expected to open by late summer 2020, with Sonic opening this August. (Catherine Rafferty/Times Union) less

Construction site for the new Mount Hope Commons on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in Albany, N.Y. All tenants are expected to open by late summer 2020, with Sonic opening this August. (Catherine Rafferty/Times ... more

Mayor Kathy Sheehan and officials from Sonic were on hand to mark the groundbreaking.

There are already Sonic locations in Latham and Troy.

In March 2017, the 11 acres was bought by Trinity Realty Group for $3 million. The hotel on the property had already been shuttered after a fire. Most of the buildings were destroyed during a second fire four months later.